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Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 7:15 am
by Stikpusher
You’re off to a fine start Atom. Just have fun with this, and don’t worry about impressing anybody but yourself.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 4:05 pm
by AtomCat109
Doing as much as I can until I get the supplies to finish the interior, painted more items in Mr Surfacer and assembled as much as I can while the fuselage is dry fitted:
Man that pit really needs some details! Along with some RLM66 for the IP!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 4:12 am
by Stuart
Looking very nice indeed Atom!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 5:30 pm
by pzl66
Thank you. Looks like this build is on hold as I wait on supplies.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 12:55 pm
by pzl66
Tired of waiting, did more of what I could, did some basic Tamiya tape belts since this kit does not come with PE and I am not about to rob my Profi Kit for them. Also since this build is with a closed cowl and remembering how much a of pain it is to fit the upper cowl with the engine in I opted to saw the cylinder heads off and attach the exhaust stubs to them and then glue them in place. It is not pretty one bit but if you are going to button up an Eduard 109, this will be less fighting later.
Now I am as far as I can go for now since I am waiting on my gloss clear to wash that interior!!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 1:07 pm
by LyleW
Nice. Very nice!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 1:31 pm
by speedgraflex
Great approach. I am trying to convince the AMS suffering part of me to just let go of the idea to build a detailed 109 cockpit. The AMS side of me keeps pushing for aftermarket. What is great about your choice here is the kit itself is so fabulously detailed. I mean, sincerely, wow!
I do think I am going to conduct an experiment by making 1/72 seatbelts from paper...
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 3:50 pm
by pzl66
I did simple belts, you can add hooks from bent wire. It is easy to slap PE on a build but this way take some work.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 5:00 pm
by Stuart
That's looking great!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-4
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 12:23 pm
by pzl66
Thanks gents, well did a very subtle wash on the interior and dry brushed some wear, glued the fuselage and wings together, added the cowl and canopy. Next is to mask and cover areas that I dont want paint and then spay some paint down.
Nothing exciting at the moment.
Oh I did have to sand the crap out of the lower cowl due to the inevitable step that is created... This is the weak point on the kit IMO, a locating tab would have worked wonders. Oh well. Get to deal with that on the next go around as well.